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[quote=Anonymous]Do we? Most developed countries have a steady state of 40% of population having GRADUATED with a college degree.

25 years ago England stated they wanted this to be higher, to be 60%. Back then university was 100% taxpayer funded. They got to their 60% figure 15 or so years later but the results have been a disaster:
* Tons of new Tier 3 universities sprung up
* Uni is now 33-50% taxpayer funded, rest student must pay (I actually agree with this alignment/ development)
* Tons of nonsense majors/ degrees that kids graduated with
* 15-20% unemployment rate amongst age 20-30 most of the last decade.

And now with brexit, the trade ppl from continental EU leaving you have all the nonsense left with no jobs and no marketable skills or academic knowledge. But boy, they got their 60% of UK citizen pop to graduate with some sort of degree. Puke.

At least they do a weed out for the Oxbridge by having A level tests at age 15. If you don't pass A levels you don't get access to an additional two, very rigorous "high school" grades. Only way to apply to Oxbridge college, or LSE, imperial, etc. (Tier 1 uni's), is to pass A-levels, do well on A-level classes, get good tests/grades and get in. Very merit-based by then, none of this social engineering stuff like here in the States. IIT, Oxbridge, RUssia, Germany - top uni's are merit-based to get in. You must have the mental horsepower and you must prove it, continuously. Even your uni interview is a maths test on the blackboard. You are not sitting there talking about why you want to go to Christ's College and study XYZ and save the world. You are being tested, again. [/quote]

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